I’ve been sewing on our wedding quilt (hoping to finish it before our first anniversary this Fall), but it’s not a good thing to keep my brain busy! Doesn’t help that DH stares at me OBSESSIVELY for these two weeks. Maybe I’ll tell him to get a new hobby.

my FI has actually been looking into culinary schools (he’s been watching Chopped and has been experimenting with food. OMG, the results are AMAZING!!!!).

I’m more the “pastry” chef of the family. Cakes, cookies, etc. Give me a recipe and I can make it AMAZING, lol. I’ve even found a recipe for fondant that I wanna try!!!!! (me+cakes+fondan=messy but awesome ideas!)

and, yeah, sounds like he DEFINITELY needs a new hobby! I’d suggest fishing, but you would probably never see him on the weekends again 😉 (my brother fishes, lol). SO JEALOUS of your quilt!!!!! I do SOME sewing and have wanted to learn quilting, but to no avail, lol. Haven’t really had the ability yet to REALLY try it. Or the fabric.

@Zinzerena: You know, Quilting is not that bad, I’d never sewn ANYTHING before, and now I’ve made pillows, two sets of drapes, a table runner, and I’ve finished a sampler quilt for the sofa. I use the “Quilt in a Day” books, it makes it so easy to start, and the results are awesome. See? My very first one. Don’t mind stoned DH, he had so many pain killers that day…

My grandfather (who we more or less adopted, rather than the other way around) has/had (he passed away last year and she’s still living) a sister who used to quilt ALL the time. She’d give me her “scraps” for me to play with!!! (not sure WHERE the scrap are, though….). I ALWAYS wanted to learn ’cause she used to make these GORGEOUS quilts and sell them.

I’ve made several costumes and up until my daughter was born, I’d make my son’s halloween costumes! I JUST finished my ring pillow, too! (THAT was a labor of love and hell, lol). Oh, and I made this cute little “peryton” made from a reindeer head and little bird body. It looks more like a weird little chick than anything, lol.

Maybe I can get into quilting sometime soon, but we really don’t have a lot of room in the apartment, soooooo it makes it difficult to do lots of crafts. 🙁

@Zinzerena: I have a one bedroom apartment, and I quilt at the dining room table, it’s hard sometimes, but it’s possible!

I sewed…let’s see…100 napkins for the wedding? That’s what I’m making the wedding quilt out of strips from those napkins. The quilt in that photo had 12 squares, and the one I’m doing now has 36 so it takes quite a bit longer. Seriously, invest in that book, it’s probably less than 10.00 on Amazon, and even though the “in a day” part is probably a bit exaggerated, it was very easy to learn.

P.S. See–this is a great way to pass the time! Do you ever feel like you’re unable to turn off your brain from obsessively marking symptoms? I swear, I’m a nut job. And did I read right that you’re about to take a break from all this?

@Quietserenity: Whenever I get the chance to start trying for a quilt, I’ll get the book!!!! That’s so awesome you’re making the quilt out of the napkins!!!

And, yeah, if this month is a bust, no more trying until March/April of next year due to the wedding. I wanna fit into my gown, lol!

I’ve had so many months where I’ve had so many typical pregnancy signs and then a BFN, I’ve quit listening to my body. It’s hellbent on tricking me!!!

Nah, you’re not a nut job 😉 Those are who are in the “care” of the hospital my FI works at! LOL! ok, so it’s more an “institution” and reminds me of the old old asylums from the creepy old movies, but that’s beside the point! LOL!

It’s a GREAT way to pass the time!!!! If I’m not sewing something together, I’m doing some other crafty thing! My current love is making these dragon eggs from balloons and paper mache! (and I posted a pic of my ring pillow, too!)